Verena Schmidt
Verena Schmidt grew up in Berlin and Wiesbaden and studied at the Berlin University of the Arts from 2008 to 2013. In 2014, she completed her master's degree under Pia Fries. She furthered her studies at Emily Carr University in Vancouver and has participated in residencies and symposia in various countries, including Italy, Norway, Sweden, and South Korea. In 2011, she exhibited her works as part of a group exhibition at the German-Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition in Tokyo. Verena Schmidt has continued to gain recognition through solo and group exhibitions at notable venues such as the Georg Kolbe Museum in Berlin, Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei in Leipzig, Nassauischer Kunstverein in Wiesbaden, and Apartment Neunzehn in Karlsruhe.
Since 2017, she has been living and working in Wiesbaden, and in 2020, she established her studio at the artists' association Walkmühle. Schmidt's body of work lies at the intersection of painting, sculpture, and intervention. Through collective and collaborative projects with fellow artists, curators, and art scholars, she constantly explores new ideas in art and her “things” influence both small and large-scale aspects of the world.
Artworks
Vita
Artistic career
Freelance artist
Parental leave
Guest lecturer for sculpture at the Alanus University in Alfter (GER)
Tutor for stone sculpture with Yoshimi Hashimoto at the UdK-Berlin (GER)
Education
Master student degree with Pia Fries | Universität der Künste | Berlin (GER)
Studies of Fine Arts | Universität der Künste | Berlin (GER) (Graduate)
Exchange Semester | Emily Carr University | Vancouver (CAN)
Study of Protestant theology and non-Christian religions (BA) | FU-Berlin (GER)
three-months study trip | Universität Damaskus (SYR)
Abitur | Kurt-Schwitters-Oberschule | Berlin (GER)
Prizes, residencies and scholarships
studio | Walkmühle | Wiesbaden (GER)
Residency scholarship | Künstlergut Prösitz (GER)
a room that… | Studio and exhibition scholarship | Spinnerei Leipzig (GER)
Three-month artist residency | Gachang Art Studio | Daegu (KOR)
Master Student Award by the president of the UDK Berlin (GER)
Prize | Ursula Hanke-Förster Foundation
Prize | Helmut-Thoma Foundation
Promos/DAAD Scholarship | Makoto Fujiwara | Larvik (NOR)
LegA´mi, un segno nel parco III | Stone sculpture symposium | Tivoli (ITA)
Exhibitions (selection)
Neues aus dem Garten | salon and short-term exhibition | Walkmühle Wiesbaden (GER) (Group show)
Wandding | installation within Poesie im Park - eine Art Festival | Wiesbaden (GER) (Art festival)
Ordnung muss sein | installation within 2050 - Eine Future – Fiction Performance | Walkmühle Wiesbaden (GER) (Solo show)
Vögel, Flieger und Geflüster | circular trail Kastell-Zugmantel | Taunusstein Orlen (GER) (Group show)
Die Kunst zu schenken | Walkmühle Wiesbaden (GER) (Group show)
Mindestabstand | Kunstmarkt | Naussauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden (GER) (Group show)
Inside out | Rathausgalerie | Grimma (GER) (Scholarship holder exhibition)
Return of the Westpol | Westpol Airspace | Leipzig (GER) (Group show)
Schmidt&Bender (since 2019) | collaboration project with Sonja Bender in the field of sculptural happenings and experimental performances: Sprungturmfestival Darmstadt (GER)
Poesie im Park | Wiesbaden (GER) (2019-2021)
Die Kunst zu schenken | Walkmühle | Wiesbaden (GER)
°o ∞O.•(…) | Open Studio, Projekt Kurt | Wiesbaden (GER) (collaboration)
Apartment Group Show | Apartment_19 | Karlsruhe (GER) (Group show)
Klick | Collaborative exhibition with Esther Sibiude | Mindscape Universe | Berlin (GER)
Schwingungen | Galerie Bernau | Bernau (GER) (Group show)
Warum wir in den Himmel schauen | Westpol Airspace | Westwerk | Leipzig (GER) (Group show)
Apartment Neunzehn | at Apartment_19 | Karlsruhe (GER) (Solo show)
Pulse | Haus am Kleistpark | Berlin (GER) (Group show)
a room that...what?, a room that… | Spinnerei | Leipzig (GER) (Scholarship holder exhibition)
Brummagem Farm | Space Gachang | Daegu (KOR) (Solo show)
Master Student Award | UdK, Georg-Kolbe-Museum | Berlin (GER) (Award winner)
Berlin Masters | Galerie Arndt | Berlin (GER) (Group show)
Meisterschülerpreis des Präsidenten der UdK | Nominee UdK-Berlin (GER) (Group show)
Dummies | Symposium und Ausstellungsprojekt | Modena (ITA) (Group show)
Master student exhibition | Berlin (GER) (installation)
Arresto Momentum | Anual tour at UdK-Berlin, awarded with the Hanke-Förster Prize (installation)
Am Wasserloch | Nominee for the Regina Pistor Prize | UdK-Berlin (GER)
To prune the foundlings | Stenninge (SWE) (Collaborative project)
Anual tour at UdK-Berlin | awarded with Helmut-Thoma Prize
Endlich mal was Schönes | Galerie Alte Schule Adlershof | Berlin (GER) (Group Show)
German-Japanese contemporay art exhibition | Exhibition at Gallery DEN, Berlin (GER) and B-Gallery, Tokio (JAP) (Group Show)
Free Piece | Galerie Oqpo | Berlin (GER) (Group Show)